-іж

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian -ежъ, -ежь (-ež, -ežʹ), from Old East Slavic -ежь (-ežĭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ežь.

Pronunciation

• і́ж: IPA^(key): [ˈiʒ]

Suffix

-іж • (-iž)

1. suffix used to form verbal nouns that usually denote the result of the action

   ‎плати́ти (platýty, “to pay”) + ‎-іж (-iž) → ‎платі́ж (platíž, “payment”)

   ‎кра́сти (krásty, “to steal”) + ‎-іж (-iž) → ‎краді́ж (kradíž, “theft”)

   ‎па́сти (pásty, “to fall”) + ‎-іж (-iž) → ‎паді́ж (padíž, “cattle murrain, cattle plague”)

   ‎(obsolete) руби́ти (rubýty, “to cut, to hew”) + ‎-іж (-iž) → ‎рубі́ж (rubíž, “frontier”)

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -іж